Viktor Stalberg

The last time the Panthers played the Carolina Hurricanes they blew a two-goal lead and after the game their coach was fired over the phone.

History nearly repeated itself, score-wise that is. Once again Florida coughed up a two-goal lead but this time pulled out a much-needed 3-2 victory over the undermanned Hurricanes on Tuesday night in a mostly barren BB&T Center to finish out a disappointing 1-3 homestand.

It took shootout goals by Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau to accomplish the task.

Roberto Luongo, who recently said he didn't deserve to be playing while going through one of the worst slumps of his certain Hall of Fame career, certainly needed a...

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